Stabbing Wife 28 Times in Front of 5-Year-Old Daughter—Was the Husband a 'Diligent Civil Servant'?

Stabbing Wife 28 Times in Front of 5-Year-Old Daughter—Was the Husband a 'Diligent Civil Servant'? What lay behind the case where a man, known as a husband of an ordinary family and a diligent civil servant, brutally murdered his wife? In particular, as circumstances have emerged showing that the couple's young child was present at the scene during the crime and that the husband had already identified his wife's residence and the shared entrance password, doubts are growing as to whether this can be viewed as a simple spontaneous crime. In the SBS program 'Unanswered Questions' broadcasting on the 3rd, the so-called "Gwangju Wife Murder Case," which occurred at a multi-unit house in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province last September, will be covered. The production team will track what happened at the time through the testimony of the bereaved family, who lost a family member in an instant, and various materials surrounding the case. The incident occurred in the early morning of September 1st. The 34-year-old woman, Park Eun-a (pseudonym), was leaving the house at the time to send her five-year-old child to daycare. However, a man hiding on the stairs suddenly appeared wearing a helmet and swung a weapon while the child watched. Park Eun-a died after being stabbed 28 times. The perpetrator fled the scene on a motorcycle immediately after the crime. However, the escape did not last long. About four hours after the incident occurred, the police caught the suspect at an accommodation in Suwon, and the case delivered an even greater shock as the identity of the arrested man was revealed. He was none other than Mr. Yeom, the husband who had been married to Park Eun-a for five years. It is reported that Mr. Yeom stated during the police investigation that stress from a divorce lawsuit was the reason for the crime. Acquaintances also remembered him as someone who did not usually show violent behavior. Interpretations emerged that the shock and sense of betrayal caused by his wife suddenly filing for divorce may have led to the crime. However, the more one looks into the case, the more difficult-to-explain circumstances appear one by one. Although Mr. Yeom was separated from his wife at the time, he knew the address of the house where Park Eun-a was living and even knew the shared entrance password. If the crime was committed spontaneously in a state of heightened emotion, questions remain as to how he secured such information in advance and approached the scene. This is also why the bereaved family suspects premeditation. A decisive clue was found in the materials Park Eun-a left behind during her lifetime. Park Eun-a's younger brother remembered a USB that his sister had shown him, saying, "This contains evidence needed for the divorce lawsuit." The USB, which the family found after searching, contained about 4,000 videos, including home cam footage of a situation where even the police were dispatched about three months before the incident occurred. In addition, other records were discovered on Park Eun-a's mobile phone. On the phone, which was difficult to unlock, about 600 voice files remained. These were materials that could show what was happening behind the seemingly ordinary daily life of the couple. It is reported that the videos and voice records encountered by the family were of a nature that could change the very perspective of looking at the case. Ultimately, the point to note in this case is not simply the fact that a man murdered his wife. The core of the case is emerging as how the evaluation from those around him that he did not usually show violent behavior, the conflict surrounding the divorce lawsuit, the circumstances of knowing the residence and access information of his separated wife, and the thousands of videos and recordings left behind are all connected. Above all, the tragedy of the case is even greater in that the crime took place at the moment the victim was leaving the house with her young child. What the remaining child witnessed was not conflict between parents, but an irreversible tragedy. Through records and testimony, the family is re-confirming the reality of the relationship between the couple that had not been revealed outwardly. Through this broadcast, 'Unanswered Questions' plans to reveal the videos and voice files left by Park Eun-a during her lifetime and, based on these, track the process in which Mr. Yeom's crime occurred. Interest is gathering into how far the reality of the marital relationship, hidden behind the surrounding evaluation of a 'diligent civil servant husband,' and the full story of the incident will be revealed.